<p>The numbers are not up for 2011-12 but the 2010-11 Common Data set is available. On page 21, it lists the number of non-need scholarships awarded (excluding athletics) for freshmen as well as undergrads (including freshmen).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/documents/CDS2010-11PittsburghCampus.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ir.pitt.edu/cds/documents/CDS2010-11PittsburghCampus.pdf</a></p>
<p>Just to summarize the numbers from MTnest’s post:</p>
<p>in 2010-2011, 297 First-time full-time Freshman were awarded merit scholarships OR grants.
and in 2010-2011, 1220 full-time undergraduate students (including freshman, so 923 sophomores/juniors/seniors/super seniors) had merit scholarships OR grants.</p>
<p>Wow. Seems like a low number!</p>
<p>Awesome has not said this too recently, but she (if I remember correctly) got additional money in engineering after her first year. Of course, we here are all in the Awesome fan club, so we know she is awesome, but that might be something to think about for those who like Pitt, but did not get the money they were hoping for.</p>
<p>Hope you are doing something fun on your day off, AwesomeOpossom!</p>
<p>There are “only” 22 pages to this thread so far, so I did a quick scan through them all to make sure my memory wasn’t playing tricks on me. Bear in mind that CC is not a statistically valid sample, but it’s all I’ve got. So far, there have been 13 reports of full-tuition scholarships, 9 reports of 10K scholarships, 2 reports of 5K scholarships and 1 report of a 2K scholarship.</p>
<p>Going by when the scholarship was reported (i.e., not when anyone applied, received notice of admission, received notice of the scholarship, etc.), the full-tuition scholarships peaked in October and tailed off almost linearly. October: 6, November: 4, December: 2, January: 1. Partial scholarships started in November and peaked in December. October: 0, November: 2, December: 8, January: 2.</p>
<p>My point is that there have been slightly more full scholarships than partial reported, it’s just that most of the recent reports have been partial.</p>
<p>I’ve already told S that he should thank me for “making” him take the ACT a second time. That (and the fact that Pitt superscores the ACT) is probably what got him full tuition.</p>
<p>And Steve, if he chooses Pitt, you will be thanking him!</p>
<p>Awesome: I am thinking those numbers are students who accepted the scholarships. I wonder how many they offered to get the approx. 300 students each year. </p>
<p>SteveC: And yes, I agree with MD Mom – if he chooses Pitt, you will thank him :)</p>
<p>Has anyone received an invitation for the Chancellor’s Scholarship interview?</p>
<p>You certainly don’t have to, but medboun you may want to start another thread in the Pitt forum and that would pop up in a Google search.</p>
<p>Thanks, MD Mom. I just started a new thread as you suggested.</p>
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<p>I did indeed get an “upgrade” from the $10k/year OOS & $2k/year SSOE scholarship to full tuition, good memory! (However, my advisor who gave me the good news also said it’s a bit on the rare-side for that to happen and that it was due to the prior recipient switching majors and therefore having to lose the scholarship (since it was attached to the major) lucky me!).</p>
<p>And I enjoyed the day off by running errands, super fun! :)</p>
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<p>True, but I also wonder if they take the money from students who said no and give it to someone else. I mean, they wouldn’t just let it sit there, would they?? Hm…</p>
<p>Considering most students don’t have to commit until May 1 – Pitt wouldn’t know for sure until then. Have they ever given out scholarships at such a late date? It might be easier to put it back into the scholarship pot for the next round of applicants. I know U of Del. does not. We were told if a student turns down a scholarship, it goes back into the pot for the next year class.</p>
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<p>I got my scholarship switched in mid-November my junior year (over Thanksgiving break). I mean it was through SSOE, but still…maybe someone would hear about it in the summer? Dunno.</p>
<p>Assuming all students would have decided and sent in their enrollment deposit by May 1, would it make sense to send out a scholarship award then? I guess it can be done but the student would have to withdraw from the school they sent their deposit to. It doesn’t sound logical to me but who knows??? Awesome – you are a special case :)</p>
<p>“Going by when the scholarship was reported (i.e., not when anyone applied, received notice of admission, received notice of the scholarship, etc.), the full-tuition scholarships peaked in October and tailed off almost linearly. October: 6, November: 4, December: 2, January: 1. Partial scholarships started in November and peaked in December. October: 0, November: 2, December: 8, January: 2.”</p>
<p>Yes, I noticed that as well. This really irks me because there was a screw up regarding DD’s application. Her application status said “complete” when her high school transcript was received in early November. She never checked the status again. Why would she? It was complete and she knew acceptances come by US mail. After waiting and waiting with no response, she by chance looked at her application status to see EXACTLY on what date her application went complete. To her horror, it NOW said high school transcript not received! (Mind you this was now December 22, the night before school Christmas break.) A flurry of emails were sent to her guidance counselor and the Pitt admissions counselor that we had visited and had established a relationship with. The next day, DD camped in the guidance counselor’s office while texting me at work while I emailed the Pitt guy back and forth. Turns out that Pitt did indeed receive the transcript back in early November, but when the file went for review, it was found to only have 2 out of the 3 pages. (Whether this was Pitt’s fault or the guidance counselor’s fault is unclear, but it was agreed that it was definately NOT DD’s fault.) HOWEVER, Pitt really dropped the ball by never notifying DD of the transcript problem and that her application was no longer complete! How was she supposed to know? </p>
<p>So, did this delay in her acceptance hurt her chance at a full scholarship? I can’t help but think that perhaps it did.</p>
<p>The only person who can answer this is someone working in OAFA. I think you should ask the admisssions counselor for your daughter to be reconsidered for a full-tuition scholarship based on this. You’d have to couch it in such a way that you’re not blaming Pitt directly; a mixup occurred. It doesn’t hurt to ask, and I believe someone last year asked for reconsideration, and the scholarship amount was increased. I’ll try to look tomorrow to find the exact post. But why torment yourself? You can just say, you were hoping for a full-tuition scholarship, and based on your daughter’s statistics, it seemed she was in the ballpark. Is there any way she can be reconsidered? I’m sure there’s a bit of wiggle room on Pitt’s part.</p>
<p>I too am surprised Pitt didn’t contact her about her application suddenly being incomplete. It seems your daughter fell through the cracks a bit, and it would be a shame if she suffered financially because of that.</p>
<p>Landshark, one of my daughter’s friend’s received her scholarship notice in early October. She has a 35 ACT, 4th in class at our top rated high school in our county (also on USNews top 100 list in country) with all honors and AP courses. She also received the $10K honors college scholarship plus $4K from engineering. I think the $10K scholarship is pretty much the standard scholarship this year with very few exceptions. It certainly doesn’t hurt to ask, however. I’m afraid that we are one year too late for the big scholarships. Pitt seems to have changed their strategy this year. Disappointing to say the least! Good luck with your request for review - hopefully they will come through for you. You have a really good reason to request the review.</p>
<p>Son got full tuition scholarship and invitation for chancellor’s. He received the letter this past Saturday. Also has 30 k merit offer at case. Deferred EA from MIT. Not really sure where he wants to go; he thought he knew early on but has had some new ideas as year progressed.</p>
<p>Stats: 35 act, some good state awards and national competition, maybe geographic advantage (upper Midwest) visited Pitt by invitation(paid trip) - not sure where that came from but don’t think he would have applied otherwise</p>
<p>^^lastoneleft - how’d did your s hear from Case already? I thought decisions come in march/april?</p>
<p>Case Western has an Early Action program - the reuslts came out in December.</p>
<p>Should clarify:
He really liked Pitt when he visited and is excited about the offer. He did apply EA to case and will visit there at some point. Right now he doesn’t seem too concerned about next fall, which is a “really long way off” (as we all know!)</p>